In images, the story of the war in Iraq

[caption id=“attachment_158216” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“A severe sandstorm blankets a convoy from the Headquarters Battalion of the 1st Marine Division north of the Euphrates River in Iraq, on March 25, 2003 just five days after the war began. NYT”] [/caption] [caption id=“attachment_158218” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“America troops move further into Iraq. Getty Images”] [/caption] [caption id=“attachment_158219” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“Air bombings were heavily used in the Iraq war which aided the troops but also cost countless civilian lives in Iraq. Getty Images”] [/caption] [caption id=“attachment_158220” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“President George W Bush and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld in this photograph. “] [/caption] [caption id=“attachment_158223” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“The aim of the war was to bring down Saddam Hussein based on claims that he was building weapons of mass destruction, a claim that was never proved to be true. NYT”] [/caption] [caption id=“attachment_158225” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“The fall of Saddam did not mean an end to war. Getty Images”] [/caption] [caption id=“attachment_158227” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“The war continued for 8 years with the US military stepping in to maintain security in the strife-ridden country. Getty Images”] [/caption] [caption id=“attachment_158228” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“Nearly 4500 American soldiers were killed in the war. NYT”] [/caption] [caption id=“attachment_158230” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“President Obama finally declared a formal withdrawal of American troops from Iraq this year on December 15. Getty Images”] [/caption] [caption id=“attachment_158231” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“The cost of the Iraq War: : Nearly 4,500 Americans and 100,000 Iraqis killed. Another 32,000 American and tens of thousands Iraqis wounded. And $800 billion from the US Treasury. Getty Images”] [/caption]

In images, the story of the war in Iraq

We look at the Iraq War from when it began to its end through images.

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